Sput for metallic receptacles



H. S. REYNOLDS.

SPUT FOR METALLIC BECEPTACLES. APPLICATION FILED APR. I5, 1919.

1 932,687, Patented Mar. 2, 1-920.

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SIPUT FOR METALLIC RECEPTAGLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

Application filed April 15, 1919. Serial No. 290,259.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sputs for Metallic Rece tacles, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to metallic receptacles, such as casks, barrels and the like, having openings in the top or sides thereof for the passage of fluids and more particularly to an improved sput therefor, and to the method of attaching the same whereby the opening in the receptacle may not only be reinforced but made fluid tight, the object of the invention being to provide an improved sput and method of attaching thesame quickly and in an inexpensive manner without the necessity of welding it as was necessary heretofore, the present improvement having improved means whereby the turning of the sput relatively to the metal of the receptacle is positively prevented, and also having means whereby a tag may be readily attached thereto.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 illustrates a cross section ofthe present improved sput attached to a part of a metal barrel and the plug therefor; Fig. 2 illustrates the first operation of attaching the sput and shows a cross section of the die and the punch; Fig. 3 illustrates the second and final operation of attaching the sput-and also shows a cross section of the die and punch; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the top of the sput prior to its attachment; and Fig. 5 is a modification of the means for attaching a tag to the sput.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

The present improved sput is an improvement in part on that shown in my contemporaneously pending'application, Serial No. 271,484 filed January 16, 1919, in which the various advantages for sputs of this kind are more fully set forth.

It is necessary in attaching the sputs to the receptacles that provision be made for preventin the turning of the sput relatively to t e receptacle when the closure or plug of the sput is screwed in or screwed out. n my prior application I provided a series k of serrations in the bottom of an annular recess so that when the metal of the receptacle was forced into the recess it would engage the serrations and the sput thus be prevented from turning. This is entirely pract cable with receptacles when made of certain metal, but when the receptacle is made of stee1 and the sput as a malleable lI'OIl casting, it is somewhat difiicult to force the steelinto the serrations and therefore the present lmprovementhas to do with an improved sput whereby the positive turning a of the sput relatively to the receptacle is prevented.

Moreover, as the metal of the receptacle hes in close contact with the sput there has been no practicable way so far as I know, of attaching a tag to the sput and the present improvement provides means of accompl shlng this in an efiicient and simple manner.

This improved sput 2 is provided with a central bore 3 suitably threaded for thereception of a plug 4, and its gasket 4:. The sput may be of annular form or have hexagonal or other form of sides, and is formed with a laterally or horizontally extending flange 5 and an upright or vertical integral locking flange 6, between which an annular recess 7 is formed, the side walls of the locking flange being provided with a series of sharp upright projections or teeth 8. The annular recess 7 terminates in a comparatively abrupt shoulder 9, around which the edge 10 of the barrel is bent and locked. In attaching this improved sput, it is placed in a suitable die 11 with the edge 10 of the barrel opening in juxtaposition to the annular recess 7 of the sput, and then by means of a punch 12 which is provided with a recess 13 having an inclined side wall 14 terminating in a shoulder 15, the vertical integral locking flange is first forced outward and downward substantially to the position shown in Fig. 2. This operation not only forces the edge of the metal opening into the annular recess, but it forces it down around the teeth.

-In other words, this operation tends to tear the metal at the edge of the opening so that portions of such edge project at each side of a tooth and thus prevent the turning of the sput with relation to the receptacle. Then, by means of a second punch 16 having the shape shown in Fig. 3, this vertical locking flange and a small portion of the teeth,

which is formed integral with the locking flange are forced farther downward over the edge of the barrel or receptacle opemng thereby forcing such edge 10v into the annular recess 7 and bendin% it around the shoulder '9 of such recess. y means of the teeth carrying the metal at the edge of the opening, any tendency of the sput to turn relative to the head or side of the receptacle or barrel when a wrench is used to remove or tighten the plug is positively prevented. The inclined side of the punch ereinbefore referred to it will be observed flares the integral locking flange'outward at the same time that the shoulder of the punch forces the metal of the receptacle into the annular recess 7 of the sput.

The vertical integral locking flange, when forced down has its top or outer surface 17 substantially flush with the metal of the barrel, and as this flange is of curved or beaded form it provides a neat and leasing finish around the barrel opening. referably the flange terminates at its base in a shoulder 18, which facilitates the formation of the bendable locking flange.

Thus, I am enabled y a couple of punching operations, to, as it were, cold weld the metal body edge into the annular recess of the sput and lock the same therein by means of a locking flange forced down upon the metal of the body in such manner that the free edge of the flange will be flush with or.

slightly below the shoulder 19 of the barrel metal formed by its bend over the relat1vely abrupt shoulder 9 of the sput, so that the edge of the barrel opening w1ll have substantially an ogee bend and any possibllity of the barrel pulling away from its locking recess and flange prevented, not only by the flange but by the shoulder At the same time a fluid tight joint is posltively obtained by this simple mode of procedure through the medium of this improved sput.

For the purpose of attaching a tag, I provide in one form of the improvement a projection or car 20 formed integral with the sput, and which projection is provlded with a groove 21 whereby the wire of the tag'may be threaded therethrough or instead of forming the sput with a projection integral therewith, I can provide the sput with a pair of openings 22 connected on the under side with a groove 23 whereby a wire may be threaded through the openings in a manner which will be readily understood for the attachment of a tag.

I claim as my invention:

1. A sput fora metallic receptacle having an annular flange, and a vertical integral bendable locking flange having therebetweenan annular recess provided with a shoulder, said vertical bendable locking flange having at the side thereof a plural- ,to engage the free edge of the receptacle opening to which the sput is attached.

2. A sput for a metallic receptacle having an annular flange, and a vertical integral bendable locking flange having therebetween an annular recess provided with a shoulder, said vertical bendable locking flange having at the side thereof a plurality of upright teeth in position and effective to engage the free edge of the receptacle opening to which the sput is attached, and said sput having means for the attachment of a tag wire.

3, A metallic receptacle having an openmg, a sput having a laterally extending flange, and an integral bendable locking flange having therebetween an annular recess with the edge of the opening clamped in said recess by said bendable locking flange, said sput also having a plurality of upstanding teeth in position to tear the free edge of the opening and thereby prevent the turning of the sput relatively to the receptacle,

4. A metallic receptacle having an opening, a sput having a laterally extending flange, and an integral bendable locking flange having therebetween an annular recess w1th the edge of the opening clamped in said recess by the locking flange, said recess alsohaving a shoulder around which the edge of thereceptacle is bent and said locking flange having at the side thereof a plurality of upright teeth for tearing the free edge of the opening thereby to prevent the turning of the sput relatively to the reof the receptacle being clamped in said recess by bending the locking flange over the edge of such metal thereby to force the free edge of said receptacle opening into engagement with the teeth.

' 6. A metallic receptacle having an opening, a sput having a threaded bore, a laterally extending flange, and an integral bendable locking flange having therebetween an annular recess having an abrupt shoulder and also having a plurality of upright teeth at the side of said locking flange, the metal of the receptacle being clamped in said recess by bending the locking flange over the edge of such metal, the surface of the locking flange being substantially flush with the surface of the adjacent metal and the free edge of the receptacle opening in position to be engaged by said teeth.

7. A receptacle having an annular opening, a sputhaving an annular recess for the reception of the edge of such opening, and an integral locking flange provided at the side thereof with a plurality of upright sharp formed projections, said integral locking flange clamping the edge of said receptacle into the recess of said sput, said recess terminating in an abrupt shoulder around which the edge of the receptacle is bent and said projections serving to tear the free edge of the metal opening of the receptacle thereby to prevent the turning of the sput relatively to the receptacle.

8. A sput for a metallic receptacle having an annular flange provided with a grooved passage for the reception of a tag wire.

9. A sput for a metallic receptacle hav-- ing an annular flange provided with means for the attachment of a tag wire and also having a vertical integral locking flange, a plurality of upright sharp projections, and an annular recess.

10. A sput for a metallic receptacle having an annular flange provided with means for the attachment of a tag wire and also having a vertical integral locking flange, a plurality of upright sharp projections, and an annular recess provided with a shoulder.

11. A metallic receptacle having an opening, a sput having an integral bendable locking flange provided at one side thereof with I a plurality of sharp upright projections, and

an annular recess with the edge of the opening clamped in said recess by said'locking flange with the free edge of said opening in engagement with the sharp projections thereby to prevent the turning of the sput relatively to the receptacle.

12. A'sput for a metallic receptacle having an annular recess, and a vertical integral bendable locking flange provided at the side thereof adjacent to its base with upright teeth.

,13. A sput for a metallic receptacle having an integral vertical bendable locking flange h-avi at the side thereof adjacent to its base upright teeth.

14:. A sput fora metallic receptacle having an'annular recess, and a vertlcal bendable integral locking flange provided at the side day-of April 1919.

thereof adjacent to its base. with upright teeth, said sput also having an annular flange at the outer side of said annular recess.

1-5. The method of attaching a sput to the circular opening of a metal receptacle, which consists in provlding a sput with an annular recess, a shoulder, an integral bendable locking flange having upright teeth, and then forcing the locking flange outwardly and downwardly into engagement with the edge of the metal thereby to clamp the same around such shoulder and into the sput recess and at the same time tear the free edge of the metal opening by means of such teeth thereby to prevent the turning of the sput relatively to the receptacle.

16. The method of attaching a sput to the circular opening of a metal receptacle, which consists in providing a sput with an annular recess having an abrupt shoulder, and an integral bendable locking flange having at the side thereof upright teeth, and then forcing the locking flange outwardly and downwardly step by step into engagement with the edge of the metal thereby to clamp the same around the shoulder and into the sput recess and at the same time tear the free edge of the metal opening by means of the teeth thereby to prevent the turning of the sput relatively to the metal.

17. The method of attaching a sput to the circular opening of a metal receptacle, which consists in attaching a sput with an annular recess having an abrupt shoulder, and an integral bendable locking flange provided with upright vertical teeth, and then forcing the locking flange outwardly and downwardly by a plurality of punching operations into engagement with the edge of the metal thereby to clamp the same around saidshoulder and into the sput recess and at the same time tear the free edge of the metal opening by means of the teeth thereb to prevent the turning of the sput relative y to the receptacle.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York, this 11th HENRY S. REYNOLDS. 

